IEP FAQs: What should be the “Effective Date” on IEPs?
“Effective date” means just what it says. If you write an IEP and put the “effective date” as the date of the meeting, then the IEP goes into effect on Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Wrightslaw
My District Doesn’t Do 504’s. Will a Child Study Plan Work?
Can anyone tell me what a “child study plan” is? Our county does not do 504 Plans. A person at school told me that the child study plan is Continue Reading →
IEP FAQs: Can I write on the IEP?
My daughter attended her first IEP meeting today, it was a disaster. Does she have the right to write on the IEP under parental concerns? She wanted to write a Continue Reading →
Advocating for a Child with Communication Problems
My 9 year-old daughter Emily has Rett Syndrome. She is a high functioning child but she does not have any means of communication. Unless my husband and I can get Continue Reading →
The Special Education Law Blog Earns 5 Stars!
The Special Education Law Blog by Charlie Fox, a Chicago Illinois attorney who is also the parent of child with a disability, is a remarkable and wonderful resource about special Continue Reading →
Does an IEP make a child ineligible for sports?
I was told that my child cannot participate in sports at school because he has an IEP. Isn’t this discrimination? Prohibiting a student from participating in a sport because he Continue Reading →
Retention or Promotion? What’s best for my child?
Parent #1: My son wants to be “left behind”. I feel that another year in the smaller, familiar middle school would be less intimidating and give him some time to Continue Reading →
Time is running out! Register today! Attention Texas: Wrightslaw Boot Camp in Austin on Aug 1-2
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet Pete and Pam Wright in Austin. They will be doing a two-day training program in Austin on August 1-2.
VA Special Ed Regulations – What Next?
The Public Comment Period ended on June 30, 2008. What Happens Next? The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) will revise the proposed regulations in response to the public comments they Continue Reading →
School Evaluations: Should schools provide parents with a copy before an IEP meeting?
Update: OSEP Letter to Anonymous, September 9, 2019. Question: Is it best practice to withhold an educational report from the student, parent, guardian, a special education teacher,or another IEP Team Continue Reading →
